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Statesman t porta editor, will
keep yon potted on the home
team's prospects.
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offers yon . pertinent com
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' XJTU.TY'-nSST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 8.' 1942
Price 5c
No. 521
1U
of Batoami
Eabor M
IF Waives
Equal
;es
Sacrifices
By Bosses
By The Associated Press
" With the war drawing labor
factions closer together, the
controversy over wages and
hours appeared Tuesday night
to be simmering down to a
solution.
President Roosevelt, top
pins developments with a dec
laration that studies of work
er efficiency had led him to
the conclusion that a 48-hour
week was more productive than
a 60-hour week, intimated there
might be an announcement soon
on the subject of wages.
. CIO United Automobile Work
ers' delegates approved unani
mously in Detroit an executive
board recommendation that pre
mium pay for weekend and holi
day work be waived for the dura
tion. At the same time they de
manded that manufacturers be
compelled to make "equal sacri
fices." - The UAW acted alter s let
ter from the president saying
that premium pay "puts a brake
on" wartime production and
' "helps our enemies. Delegates
also urred that arms plants be
operated on a 24-hour-day,
seven-day-week. basis through
establishment of iwlnr shifts,
and. reaffirmed, a pledge -tore.:
train from strikes or work stop
pages and to submit all disputes
to mediation for the war's dura
tion. ,
In Pittsburgh, the chiefs of the
AFL and CIO appeared together
on a public platform for the first
time since labors 1930 split to re
new their pledge of labor peace,
promise that labor would stay on
the JobJ until victory, and assail
those whom they charged were
attacking labor. . . . .
While Presidents William Green
of the AFL and Philip Murray of
CIO Joined hands, Federal Secur
ity Administrator Paul V.. McNutt
at the same meeting declared that
while workers were "loyally pull
ing their weight in the war effort
we are faced today with a stream
of libels against labor in the press
and in congress." He described
such attacks as "part of a cam
paign to arouse antagonism based
on confusion and misunderstand
ing."
At his press conference Presi
dent Roosevelt gave a clue as to
the direction of his studies by
saying that two things were ap
- parent In terms of the average
man, woman and child:
The average man is rightly con
cerned in time of war with the
question 'of what it costs to sup
port himself and his family; the
great majority of the people want
to do all they can to turn out the
: things that are needed for the war.
AKRON, 0 April 7-W-Ap-
proxlmately 220 fabricators work
ing on war orders m the Good'
year Tire and Rubber Co. went on
a aitdown strike Tuesday.
Sherman Dalrymple, of Ak
ron, International ; president of
: the CIO s United Rubber Work
v era "of . America, said that - he
- pleaded with the men to return
to work but they refused. .
' Gene Judd, company spokesman,
said the afternoon shift' of 110
workeri went on strike after wage
rates and other adjustments went
into effect today, although they
were posted for general informa
tion Thursday. When the second
shift of 110 workers came on at
p. jtLt they also rexusea to pro
cess material. v
judd said the-strike threatens
the flow of materials to 5000 per
S,ons working on barrage balloons.
blimps, escape boats, bullet-seal
lng gasoline tanks for airplanes
tpd other war materials
irom rubberized fabrics.
made
Exchange Slated.
! LONDON, Wednesday, April
ify-Tht exchange of British and
Italian wounded soldiers who ar-
jjved at Smyrna Tuesday aboard
Vvo hospital - ships will begin
Wednesday, Reuters said InHjuot-
lug an Ankara dispatch received
urs
Li Vichy.
Qreenmen
Green, Murray
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WILLIAM GREEN
For the first time since the AFL-CIO
Philip Murray, the chiefs of the two labor groups, appeared together
en a public platform Tuesday to renew their pledge of labor peace
and promise that labor would stay on the job until victory.
Further Gasoline
Cut Thought Sure
Deputy Coordinator Says Supplies
To StatioS
BeloNbrmal Within One Weelcr x-
WASHINGTON, April 7 Further curtailment of gaso-
ine supplies for motorists in the
pears inevitable, Ralph K. Davies,
said Tuesday night.
He declined to discuss the extent of any new curtailment but
oil sources indicated that supplies at filling stations would be
Jones Predicts
Rubber Output
Says 700,000 Tons of
Synthetic Brand
By End of '43
WASHINGTON, April 7
Synthetic rubber production will
attain a rate of 700,000 tons an
nually by the end of 1943, Secre
tary of Commerce Jones estimated
Tuesday, but he added that only
the unpredictable demands of war
could determine whether this out
put would mean rubber for civil
ian tires.
Testifying before the senate
defense Investigating committee,
Jones estimated that production
would hit a 100,000-ton yearly
rate by the end of 1942, with
a probable total output of from
25,000 to 40,000 tons during
this year.
At the same time Jones denied
that the reconstruction finance
corporation had overruled recom
mendations of the defense com
mission to President Roosevelt in
1940 for a 100,000-ton annual pro
duction program, contending that
the program had been . "adopted
In principle" at the time and had
been since carried out. .
Testimony - that Jones h a d
thought the - 100,000-ton reconv
mendauons ol the defense com
mission unjustified was given to
the committee previously by Wil
liam L. Batt, now materials chief
for the war production board.
"We have persistently worked
at the problem of acquiring and
producing- rubber," the com
merce secretary declared. ."
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Bankers Set
NW Meeting
PULLMAN, Wash- April 7-Up)
Banking and business leaders of
the four, northwest states will
gather hero Thursday for the sixth
annual three-day Pacific north
west conference of banking.
. On the general committee are
O. K. BurreU of University of
Oregon and M. N. Nelson of Ore
gon State college. Speakers In
clude J. B. Booth of Corvallis,
president of the Oregon Bankers
association. .
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Par
Join Hands
PHILIP MURRAY
split In 1936, William Green and
east and Pacific northwest ap
deputy petroleum coordinator,
reduced, probably within a week,
by S3V4 per cent below normal as
compared with the 20 per cent
cut now In force.
It Is perfectly clear, in the
light of the critical stocks and
transportation situation," Da
vies said, "that the 29 per cent
reduction b not enough. The
curtailment win have to go
deeper than that."
He gave assurance that the gov
ernment and the oil industry were
working "day and night" to bring
about relief for the transportation
emergency caused - by submarine
sinkings and war diversion of
tankers.
"When moving oil into . this
market means the loss of life and
the loss of ship," he said in an
interview, "we are not Justified In
providing anything more than the
essential minimum." ,
Injury Fatal
To Causey
Salem Soldier Victim
Of Accidental Shot
At Fort SteYens .
Pvt. Jack Wilson Causey, 24,
who was accidentally shot through
the stomach two weeks ago, died
Tuesday at Fort Stevens hospital.
Causey, - long associated with
Salem softball teams and later
member of his. regimental club,
fought a game battle despite the
fact he was given but an outside
chance to survive' after the first
few days. "
Causey was witnessing a fast
draw contest between two fellow
soldiers: when a stray 'bullet
pierced his stomach. Causey was
well on his way to recovery last
week when an abscess which
which formed on a lung developed
serious conditions. Thirteen blood
transfusions were given and sev
eral, operations were performed.
Causey, who is a graduate of
Salem high school, Is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy M.
Causey; sisters,; Mrs. Clarence C
Bates of St Helens and Mary and
Betty Jane Causey- of ; Salem;
brothers, Petty Officer Third
Class George B. Causey, stationed
at naval air base In Seattle, WaslL,
Bobby G. and Billy D. Causey o:
Salem., - v
Funeral arrangements are with
the Clough-Barrlck Funeral home
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of Salem.
Atlantic's
Sub Raids
Lessened
Combat Methods
Credited in
Knox Report
WASHINGTON, April 7
sharp decline in the number
of U-boat attacks off the At-
antic coast was reported Tues
day by Secretary Knox, who
said that recently-adopted me
thods of combatting the sub-
mersibles might be responsible.
He did not, however, overlook
the possibility that the drop
might be due In part at least to
the German practice of sending
out submarines In waves, with
intervening periods in which few
U-boats are actually operating far
from their bases.
However, Knox pointed out
that last week there were but
two attacks In the coastal area
one upon a tanker and the
ether en a tow boat and its
barges. During the week the
navy announced 14 attacks but
12 of these occurred before
March 29 or in Caribbean wat
ers, not covered by the secre
tary's announcement.
In addition, Knox revealed that
very careful study" Is being giv
en to the whole problem of ope
rating the merchant marine. No
decisions have yet been reached,
he said, but a possibility remained
that the navy might take charge
of ships assigned to "long voy
ages." There had been some dif
ficulty in manning ships, he said.
Some high ranking naval offi
cers have complained that a large
percentage of ship losses war due
to the failure .of ship masters to
carry out naval instructions re
garding darkening ships and the
course to be steered.
Knox said Tuesday, however,
that the navy was now getting
"very complete compliance with
its orders that shipping stick to
certain well-defined coastal
lanes. He intimated that many
coastwise vessels were follow
ing a practice of entering har
bor at night, for the submarines
have been most active during
the hours of darkness. :
The cabinet member was ap
parently well well pleased with
the progress of the anti-submarine
campaign. He said the navy was
constantly enlarging" its patrol
fleet Soon to become available
for coastal patrols, he said, were
300 patrol boats 110 feet long,
250 173-footers. and 150 180-
footers.
Manufacture
Cut Slated
Most Durable Goods of
Consumers to. Be
Banned, Duration
WASHINGTON, April 7-(P-
Thejnanufacture of most consum
ers' durable goods will be halted
for the duration of the war by
May 31. Chairman Donald M. Nel
son of the "war production board
reported Tuesday In announcing
two imminent new orders a
civilian construction stop-order
and a ban on the use of steel in
hundreds of civilian articles.
These two actions, added to
the swift succession of produc
tion curtailments and stoppages
which will be almost complete
by; May tU are of equal Im
portance to "the winning of a
major battle," Nelson told a
nress" conference.
The building order will suspend
non-defense construction and stop
the use in building materials of
war-essential metals, Nelson said.
The steel order will not only pro
hibit the use of iron and steel In
a multitude of common items, but
also will ban the : use of other
metals and scarce plastics as sub
stitutes, " -
The normally cautious Nelson
gave an unexpectedly optimistic
view of the speed and scope of
Industry's transition from peace-
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Nazi Radios Quiet - ,
LONDON. Wednesday, April
(JPy-The Berlin, Luxemburg and
Hilversum radios Went off the air
early Wednesday, an - indication
usually that the RAF Is operating
over Germany or German-occu
pied territory. The Hilversum sta
tion is in the Netherlands, r
Wainwriglitfs
Wife Sends
Greetings
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 ()
A greeting by his wife and a
bark by Us dog will be broad-
east In the early hours of Wed
nesday to Lieut, Gen. Jonathan
M. Walnwright and his embat
tled forces on the Bateau pen-msula.r--;'.-:."i:t.:C
.-r.;I';.":;-'
S Mrs. Walnwright came to
San Francisco Tuesday .from
Carmel to prepare for the
broadcast.
She will send greetings to her
husband and give a short talk
to the Americans and Filipinos
now engaged In fierce fighting
with the Japanese. She also was
expected to tell her husband
that their sen. Jack, is taking
his examinations for first offi
cer In the merchant marine,
thus giving the family a repre
sentative en both the land and
sea.
The station's efflcalis believe
It will be the first time a bark
has been broadcast to a soldier
fighting- abroad.
Heaviest Raid
Hf 1-
iesiviaita
Meets Heavy Ack-Ack
Fire; 52 Killed
In Egypt Bombing
VALLETTA, Malta, April 7-F)
Germany's mass air attack Tues
day on this British island base,
With the Germans dive-bombing
airdromes and the harbor In the
face of intense anti aircraft fire,
was the heaviest air, attack Malta
has experienced In the war, it
was officially announced Tuesday
night ..,.:........,;;;
Four nasi planes w e r e an
nounced definitely destroyed. -
Malta has had more than 1500
air raid alarms In more than
two and a half years.
The Germans roared In from
diverse directions and penetrated
both the high and low-level anti
aircraft barrages for their dive-
bombings.
Preliminary reports showed
that casualties were "not heavy
considering the scale of the
bombing."
Two Junkers dive bombers and
two Messerschmitt fighters were
reported destroyed, one Junkers
was probably destroyed, and two
damaged.
Great concussions shook this
fortress city during the raid.
Buildings in the harbor area
vibrated as the bombs exploded
and British gunners sent up
their counter fire.
Cries could be heard from the
darkness of the city.
Incomplete reports said anti
aircraft gunners had shot down
two bombers and two , fighter
planes during the day and it was
confirmed that two bombers were
destroyed Monday night
CAIRO. April 7-(flV-German
bombers, making, one of their In
frequent attacks on the great
British naval base at Alexandria,
dropped their bombs with deadly
effect for the population Monday
night killing 52 persons and in-
luring 80, the Egyptian ministry
of interior announced Tuesday
night Property damage was said
to be slight
Incident?
Sailor Is
Sea Hero
BATE&mLlV Mass April 7
-(ifp)- Harold Sturtevant the
20-year-old American sailor
who : created an International
incident - a year before this
country - declared ; war . by rip-,
plus a nasi swastika from a
German consulate In San Fran
cisco, has been cited by his
commanding officer for saving
the life of s colleague at sesw
Young Sturtevant's mother'
received Tuesday a copy of the
citation praising her son for the
"promptness, Initiative, coolness
and speed" with which he or
ganised the rescue of a fellow
sailor who was buried In a coal
bunker aboard a cruiser, ;
After the San Francisco Inci
dent In - January, 194L . which
brought repercussions In .Ger
many, Sturtevant was discharg
ed from the navy and signed to
tanker. When war was declar
ed, he returned home and won
his appeal to reeist
Yank Siib
Sinks Two
Vessels
Hits 15,000 Tons
Of Jap Shipping
-In China Sea
WASHINGTON, April 1-JP)
A daring American submarine,
striking, directly at Japanese
shipping in the hazardous wat
ers of the -China sea, has sunk
two merchant vessels totaling
15,000 tons, the navy .announc
ed Tuesday night I
It was the third navy, com
munique In four days dealing'
with the successes of the far
ranging American undersea
raiders arainst the extended
Japanese supply lines. The three
announcements listed 12 Japa
nese vessels, Including two light
cruisers, as sunk or damaged.
Al tog-ether, American subma
rines have destroyed or dam
aged. 53 Japanese ships in the
Pacific theatre.
The latest victims were identi
fied as a 10,000-ton combination
cargo and passenger ship and a
5000-ton cargo vessel. Monday,
the navy disclosed that two sub
mersibles had sunk three Japa
nese ships. One raider sent two
heavily-laden tankers to the bot
tom near the Caroline islands, just
east of the Philippines, while the
other blasted a freighter in Japa
nese waters.
Cycle Freeze
Is Extended
Wheels Over 17 Inches
V Model Coming
WASHINGTON, April 7-m
The war production board extend'
ed its bicycle freezing order Tues
day to take in all bicycles having
frames of more than 17 inches.
The original freese order ap
plied to cycles having frames
larger than 19 inches, and was
Intended to stop sales and de
liveries of all adult bike But
It developed that an lt-inch
"camel-back" frame one hav
ing a double bar was as well
adapted to adult use as the con
ventional L 20-inch "diamond
frame."
Adult bicycles for women,
moreover, are about the same size
as the "camel-back" frames. Both
are brought under the sales freeze
by the new amendment
Children's bicycles, defined as
those with frames of 17 inches
and under, are not affected by the
freeze order, but their production
was halted on April 1.
Production of the vietery
ttodeL a light-weight adult bike
stripped of gadgets and bright
work, has not been halted, but
the sale and delivery of victory
bicycles Is prohibited by the
rreesing order.
"Flans are now being made for
the orderly disposition of bicycles
now frozen and those being pro
duced," WPB said, "so that de
fense workers will have first
chance to get them, with other ci
vilian needs coming next" j
Monday's Weather
weather forecasts withheld
and temperature data delayed
by army request Elver Tues
day, .4 feet Max. temperature
Monday, tU Mln. 28.
Liberty Ship Every
. By WILLIAM E, PHIPPS I
. PORTLAND, Ore April
A Liberty freighter every' six days
for America's bridge of; ships to
the warfronts,K:;: !:
That's no future production es
timate tn paper. That's .how fast
they're sliding 10,000-ton D-2s
down the ways here; right now. ,
'- For any shipyard in the unit
ed States that would be the na
tional record for this war,
' But for Oregon Shipbuilding ,
- corporation, a rookie " fat the
business, it's , phenomenal, an
industrial miracle, fe "
EdgaT Kaiser, Oregon Shipbuild
ing's head man,", never thought
about building' ships until the war
was well under; wayr He was a
builder, but 'dams were his forte
Boulder and Grand Coulee.
Now he's; showing j the ; veteran
shipbuilders how to put the speed
and mass production methods he
developed there Into; ships to-whip
the Axis. - ? - -' i , - .
Australia Only
Good Ally Bold;
India in Stall
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Enemy Qaws for Fourth Day
In Philippines; Sugar Sale
Offered to US by Petain
WASHINGTON, April 7-(AP) Fresh troops thrown
into the battle of Bataan by
their way further into the stubbornly-defended position Of
the AmericaninUnino'orces. '.
A late day communique from the war department re
ported that the greatly outnumbered troops under Lt. Gen.
Jonathan M. Walnwright, fighting desperately to hold their
line midway across Bataan peninsula, were being forced
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Reds Increase
Toll of Planes ;
Destroy 79 German ?
Craft on Tuesday ;
Khaki Tanks Seen J t
KUIBYSHEV, USSR., April 7
()-Soviet airmen and ground bat
teries destroyed 79 German planes
Monday to boost their nine-day
total to 494 nazi craft against 103
Russian losses for this period, the
Russians announced officially
Tuesday night
The latest figures given in
Tuesday night's Moscow com:
munlque Indicated a slackening in
the furious pace of the aerial war
fare which reached a peak over
the weekend when the . Russians
listed 221 nazi planes destroyed
In the air and on the ground in
two days. Monday's soviet losses
were placed at 19 planes. !
As for the situation on the land
front the night cpmmuniqueagaln
said there were no substantial
changes in positions. I
Khaki-painted German tanks
thrown into the fighting against
the Russians were singled out
Tuesday as fresh evidence that
continued heavy- blows by the
red army were forcing Hitler to
use up material he had meant
for a big spring offensive.
Meanwhile, the first United
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Blossom Day
Tentatively
Is April 19
Tentative date for Salem's an
nual Blossom day was set for Sun
day,' April 19, 'at a' meeting of the
Cherrians, Tuesday night
Blossom routes are scheduled to
be marked as usual. The week Is
to be climaxed by a Blossom
dance planned for Saturday night
April 25. Final dates were said
to be dependent on weather condi
tions. Committees to plan arrange
ments are to be i appointed this
week by Frank Earnest King Bing.
Guests at the meeting were 21
members of the army units, ac
companied by Regional Sgt Maj.
Nelson. - V-
Drill practice was scheduled to
be held as usual. '
The first Liberty was launched
at Oregon Shipbuilding last Sep
tember 27. Today No. 28 slid into
the Willamette river. That total,
from an 11-way yard, surpasses
the number from any other yard,
company officials said. , .. " 1 I .
' What makes the Oregon yard
the country's top producer would
give more than a little comfort
to the enemy if described in de
tail, - but part of ; the story ' can
be ' told.! ;c . : ..'-. .;.' V
: Company .men say the orga
nizing genius of the boss they
mean Kaiser Is4he major fae:
tor. Co took .23,CS3 men most
of them like himself who never
had worked on a ship and
whipped them into a,- fireball
production, unit in less than. 12
months.: T.AH!Xt''
CThey say Kaiser tons out ships
faster because he . doesn't mind
spending more money to do a Job.
Then there's labor. Company
jpokessien are convinced north
the Japanese Tuesday clawed
Beginning the fourth day of al
most ceaseless pounding of the
center of Wainwright's line, the
Japanese were aided by tanks as
well as intense artillery fire, aeri
al bombardment and strafing.
Losses were heavy Tuesday" on
both sides.
Concentrating their assault on .
the front lines and rear positions
on the mainland, the enemy left
the fortified island of Corregidor
free of aerial attack for the fourth
successive day, but for the second
time in little more than a week
bombed a base hospital in Bataan,
killing a large number of wound
ed soldiers who were being treat
ed there.
The attack on the hospital was
carried out Tuesday morning by
three flights of heavy bombers,
the department reported. After r
the same hospital was bombed
March, SI, the '-Japanese j com
mand in the Philippines broad
cast an apology, but the depart
ment asserted that the' second
attack en the plainly marked
building "tends to prove that
both raids were intentional."
Monday, said an earlier com
munique, the defending xorces
were subjected to a particularly
severe aerial bombardment behind
the lines, and the Japanese aimed
aToncentrated air attack at the
south coast of Bataan in an appar
ent effort to shatter Wainwright's
vital communications with Cor
regidor, two miles offshore.
By The Associated Press
The Japanese enemy was mak
ing progress Tuesday in two major
theatres dangerous progress in
Burma and bitterly-bought ad
vances against the American-Filipino
line on Bataan peninsula in
Luzon and despite a major .con
cession the British appeared to be
playing a . losing hand in their at
tempts to reach a partnership with
India. ,
Only before Australia was the
allied : position good. . There ;
American and Australian air
men maintained apparent con
trol of the skies, beating at the
Japanese positions about Lae la
NeW Guinea for the third suc
cessive day and sheeting down
the single enemy plane that rose
to challenge them. The dam- ,
age to the Japanese airdrome
was apparently "heavy; lt was
left alight with fires.
In Burma it was disclosed that
the British holding the allied
right had now fallen back more
than 40 miles above fallen Prome,
once the anchor of their line, to a
point north 1 oY' the towns of
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- Six Days
west workers , are better than the
average. Family men, mostly, with
a deep-rooted feeling that a Pa
cific war against Japan is their
war.-: f - ; '..;; '. (:' - .!
: But O. Alexander Mechlin,' res
ident ' US ' maritime commission
engineer has more reasons.
v This yard, he says, Is one of
the few bunt from scratch.
Most of them have been eon- .
verted from pre-war . construc
tion to the new types of ships.
But here a yard was bunt to
turn ' out Liberty ; freighters
nothing else. ;" :--:-;.';
r Result! No wasted time n& ef
fort compromising 'construction
methods and facffiUiea-v .
M That's why the liberties ; go ;
down the ways here in record! time ,
and almost completed - with .
stacks and booms In place, steam;
in the boilers and whistles scream-;
lng a defiant warning to Hitler, -Hirchito
Company. : V ;, v
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